Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-16
FOREIGN.

AN earthquake shock has been felt at
at Bonn, Prussia. No damage was done.
THE treaty powers have ratified the
literary and artistic copyright conven-
tiOn.
TnE river Nile is very high causing
floods in the provinces of Wirameh and
Keneh.
LoNDoN-A French smack reports the
loss of n vessel with fifty hands in the
English Channel.
CoNsTANTINoPLE.-The German reply to
the Porte's note merely promises to sup
port Turkeys initiative IN Bulgaria.
ENGLAND.-The Mitchellstown shooting
incident involving the murder of two
| persons by the police, has caused dismay
in government circles.
| AT Malta during the past twenty-four
| hours, there were seventeen new cases of
cholera and seven deaths.
| In Malta during the past twenty-four
hours there have been five new cases of
cholera and three deaths.
The statement that Turkey has con
sented to the principles of Russian in
tervention in Bulgaria is officially oon-
tradicted.
THERE were eighteen new cases of
cholera and ten deaths in Catania during
| the past twenty -four hours.
! The German Crown Prince is welcomed
everywhere on his journey TO the Tyrol.
| The greatest enthusiasm was shown at
Munich. The Prince looked well, but he
was hoarse and seemed fatigued.
| Il
Republic and the range Free State have
refused to admit the Cape Colony to re
! preser tation in conference on rail
ways and reciprocity.
Mr.. W. II. HURLBUsr, in letter to the
! Times with reference to the invitation
! from the Philadelphia to Mr.. Gladstone,
says that he was authorized by Mr.. George
| W. Childs TIA offer NJ. Gladstone carte
| blanche.
SURPRISE has been caused in official
circles in st. Petersburg, by Nhe ru-
mors of an iatenced interview be-
tween the German Emperor and the
! CzGr. They are declared to be without
! foundation.
| THk Journal Des Debats says that
| proposal has been submitted to England
that a commission be appointed to define
zone along the Suez csnal within which
| the construction of the fortiications and
the concentration of troops shall be for
hidden.
AUTHFNTIo information is received in
Tehersn that Ayoub Khan reached the
frontier of Afghanistsn some days sgo.
| He entered the country, but was recog-
uizsd and Immediately driven back into
Persia. He is new in the Ghsyan dis
trict. 1t Is believed that he will be cap
tured shortly.
IT is stated that the mobilization ex-
pertinent has shown that all the reserves
| could be embodied 10 three days, that all
the various regiments are ready to march
and that carriage has been reQuisitioned
for stores,
FRASCE.-The mobilization expert
ments uecessitsted the raising of the
Seventeenth Army Corps from 10000 to
S6,159 men fully clothed, srmsd and
equipped. The officers we're somewhat
bothered in handling larger bodies of
men than they are accustomed to, but the
experiment inspires confidence in the
army.
TIE prince of Wales, ompanied by
his son, Prince Albert Victor, arrived at
Helsinger to-day, and WAS saluted by the
men-of war in the harbor. On landing
the princes were received by the Danish
royal family and the czar and czarins of
Russia. They were afterward escort
Frensborg by guard OF honor.
BIsMARx's organs say it must have been
King Malicota who was fred out by the
German at the Salmosn islands. and tina,
King Tamasese probably DOW reigns in
his stead. The equal rights of Germany
England, and America will not bs dis
turbed.
Tun police at Mitcheilstown, Ireland